{"id":4276,"date":"2011-03-12T06:21:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2011-03-12T06:21:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T14:21:06","slug":"open-thread3122011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/12\/open-thread3122011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/12\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After a a bout of illness that lasted several weeks, It was great to get back to volunteering last night.&#160; The down side is that I got in late and have only slept a couple hours.&#160; I\u2019m running behind, because replying to yesterday\u2019s comments took well over an hour.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:42 (4:46 average).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-03-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/12\/world\/asia\/12japan.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Rescuers struggled to reach survivors on Saturday morning as Japan reeled after an earthquake and a tsunami struck in deadly tandem. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake set off a devastating tsunami that sent walls of water washing over coastal cities in the north.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While the Republican religious right gloats that this is a sign from God of the end times, I think it more Christian to offer hopes, good thoughts, emoathy, and prayers to those touched by this tragedy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2011\/03\/11\/AR2011031106040.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>House Republicans proposed Friday another stopgap measure to keep the federal government open for business, this one a three-week offer accompanied by roughly $6 billion in spending cuts for the remainder of this fiscal year. <\/p>\n<p>A vote is expected Tuesday on the measure, which would keep most federal offices running at last year&#8217;s funding level until April 8.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have more problems with this one than the last, because Republicans would gut emergency services, at the same time Japan demonstrated the need for them.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2011\/03\/11\/955462\/-NFL-talks-break-off;-Players-Association-decertifies-as-a-union\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>After extending the original March 3 lockout date twice, talks between the NFL owners and players have broken off.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A strike would be an act of heresy against the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Rob Rogers\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/rob_rogers\/2011-03-12\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rob Rogers\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/358447.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Get Republican TP and \u201cbless\u201d a new face daily! <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-devil\" alt=\"Devil\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/wlEmoticon-devil.png\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a a bout of illness that lasted several weeks, It was great to get back to volunteering last night.&#160; The down side is that I got in late and have only slept a couple hours.&#160; I\u2019m running behind, because replying to yesterday\u2019s comments took well over an hour. 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